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Alion Awarded U.S. Army Geospatial Center Contract Valued at $6M to Produce Digital Terrain and Geospatial Data

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Alion Awarded U.S. Army Geospatial Center Contract Valued at $6M to Produce Digital Terrain and Geospatial Data

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the Army, total awareness of a geographical area is crucial to both commanders and troops in the field. To support this need, Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, will provide the U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) with geospatial expertise under a $6 million contract.

“Validating AGC’s technical solutions can greatly improve the quality of maps and other geographic information used by warfighters in the field. It can also help commanders plan and operate decisively”

The AGC is the Army’s knowledge center for geospatial information, which can encompass details that include terrain, roads, geological information, presence of water, and the effects of the time of day or weather. Alion’s work involves producing digital terrain and geospatial datasets, including validating the Army’s geospatial enterprise-enabled systems through experimentation, systems engineering and systems implementation plans.

“Validating AGC’s technical solutions can greatly improve the quality of maps and other geographic information used by warfighters in the field. It can also help commanders plan and operate decisively,” said Rear Adm. Richard E. Brooks (USN, Ret.), Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Distributed Simulation Group. “Additionally, Alion’s work will be instrumental in helping the Army to build its geospatial intelligence policy and strategy.”

The work was awarded as a task order under the Defense Technical Information Center’s WSTIAC contract with the period of performance through Sept. 1, 2014.

WSTIAC, operated by Alion, is one of the 10 Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Information Analysis Centers (IACs). The IACs house libraries of information that are focused on specific technology areas, in addition to providing technical expertise in these areas. DTIC is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, VA, and serves the Department of Defense (DoD) by providing access to scientific and technical information for DoD personnel and contractors, including researchers, designers and engineers.

WSTIAC’s work is sponsored by the DTIC, ATTN: DTIC-I, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Ste. 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218.

About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering scientific, research and development and technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers. Building on 75 years of R&D and engineering experience, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: naval architecture & marine engineering; defense operations; modeling & simulation; technology integration; information technology and wireless communications; and energy & environmental sciences. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion employee-owners are located at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 703.918.4480 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

This press release contains information about management’s view of Alion’s future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.